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Paul Holmes vs Mr Douglas Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 173 different votes 180 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 30 No
Tax 2% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API